''Crataegus × ariifolia'' is an ornamental
hybrid hawthorn that is used in
horticulture
Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and mo ...
. Its name refers to a similarity of its leaves to the genus ''Aria'' (''
Sorbus aria'').
Taxonomy
The name of this hybrid was originally spelled ''C. ariaefolia'', but this should always be corrected to ''C. ariifolia'' according to article 60.8 of the
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
The ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN or ICNafp) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all tho ...
. One of the parents of the hybrid was given as ''
C. oxyacantha''
[ (an invalid name), which probably means '' C. laevigata''.
]
References
ariifolia
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